Blouse holding means



June 5, 1951 $ERB|N 2,555,817

BLOUSE HOLDING MEANS Filed July 28, 1949 INVENTOR. LEW/6 j. Saks/1v BY @761; 6? D n 4 T TORNEYJ Patented June 5, I951 BLOUSEI HOLDING MEANS Lewis I. Serbin, Shaker Heights, Ohio, assignor to Scrbin, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application July 28. 1949, Serial No. 107,210

This invention relates to novel means for connecting a blouse and skirt of a ladys garment and is particularly useful in the case of a garment designed for athletic activities as it insures that the blouse and skirt will not separate.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a cheap construction whereby a blouse and skirt may be united, utilizing a belt to complete the connection, by a construction which is cheaply made but neat in appearance and effective when in use.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and description and the essential features will be set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a ladys garment embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the garment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental sectional view enlarged taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectional view further enlarged and taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; while Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing the parts in the finally adjusted position.

It is well known that there is difliculty in keeping the tail of a blouse or shirtwaist tucked in beneath the waistband of a skirt. My invention provides a novel and easy way to accomplish this end very efficiently. In the drawings, the waist or blouse I is provided with a tail Illa which is tucked down inside a skirt II. The skirt has usual openings extending downwardly from the waist over the hips as indicated at I2 on each side so that the garment is easily donned. These are closed by slide fasteners or in other suitable ways. The top of the skirt has a waistband Ila and this waistband is closed opposite the side openings II by means of tabs and buttons in the usual fashion or in any other suitable manner, this having no part in the present invention.

At suitable points around the blouse and about the height of the waist of the wearer, a plurality of loops I3 are provided attached to the blouse. Two of these are shown in the front in Fig. 1 and two in the rear in Fig. 2. Other loops I4 are secured to the waistband Ila of the skirt for the purpose of holding a belt I at all times in proper position on the skirt. In the present instance, the loops I 3 in front are shown secured to the blouse just over the pleats I6 and 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-70) the loops in the rear are secured to the blouse just over the pleats II as shown in Fig. 2. This is not absolutely necessary in the practice of my invention but is helpful in that it gives additional thicknesses of cloth for holding the loops I3 securely against tearing.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 4 and 5, each of the loops I3 is preferably formed of two thicknesses of cloth I3a and I3b sewed together along their adjoining edges and then folded into the loop clearly shown in Fig. 4. The two ends of the loop are brought together as indicated at I8 and the two sides of the loop are sewn together and to the three thicknesses of cloth at the pleat I! by the sewing indicated at [9. It will be noted that the loop extends upwardly away from the sewing I 9 and outwardly from the garment so that as the loop is folded downwardly to the position of Fig. 5 it conceals the sewing I9.

Registering with each of the loops I3 in the waistband Ila there are provided openings in the form of horizontally extending buttonholes 20. The buttonholes 20 are of sufficient length to permit a loop I3 to pass through the buttonhole without too great difliculty and without any wrinkling of the loop I3.

In operation, the wearer dons the blouse I0 and then pulls up the skirt II to its normal wearing position. Each loop I3 is then pushed through its registering buttonhole 20 and the belt I5 is then passed through the free end of the loop appearing outside of the waistband Ila as shown in Fig. 4. Obviously, the tail I Ila of the blouse I 0 cannot be pulled upwardly away from the skirt II as the parts are shown in Fig. 4 because any pull on the blouse II) will pull on the loop I3 which in turn will pull on the belt I5 and since the belt will not pass through the buttonhole 20, the parts are held fastened together. When the belt is finally in position and is dropped, it falls to the position of Fig. 5 if the belt is a little loose, or the belt will be somewhat higher if it is tighter. In any case, either a small amount of the upper portion of each buttonhole 20 appears or the buttonhole may be entirely covered by the belt I5.

I have thus shown a construction for securing a blouse and skirt together which requires only a few parts, which is very easy to use, which is very sightly and yet which is one hundred percent effective in holding the garments securely together.

Note that the buttonhole 2D is spaced from the top of the waistband Ila. by more than the free length of the loop I3 between the sewing I9 and the waistband when the belt l5 occupies the end of the loop so that the waistband cannot pull down far enough to expose the loop near its secured ends.

What I claim is:

In the combination of a blouse and another garment having a waistband inside of which the tail of said blouse is tucked, the combination of a loop comprising flat flexible strip material folded upon itself with the two ends of the strip superimposed upon each other in registration, said ends so superimposed being secured to the outer face of said blouse at about the waist line of the wearer with the loop extendin upwardly from said secured ends, there being an opening provided through said Waistband approximately registering with said secured ends, said loop outside said waistband, "a belt encircling said extending through said opening and projecting 4 said loop, and said opening being spaced from the top of said Waistband by more than the free length of said loop between said secured ends thereof and the top of said waistband when said belt is through said loop, whereby said loop folds outwardly and down over its secured ends and said waistband cannot pull down far enough to expose said loop near its secured ends.

LEWIS I. SERBIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 7 Date Number Name 1,107,303 Henderson Aug. 18, 1914' 1,281,473 Wright Oct. 15, 1918 1,504,249 Klein Aug. 12, 1924 Cellars Jan. 19, 1932 

